How To Cut Kiwi Fruit
Ready to up your kiwifruit game? I'm here to show you how to cut kiwi with step by step instructions to four of the easiest ways with the least amount of wastage.
I live in the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand, affectionately known as the Kiwifruit capital of the world! I drive past kiwi fruit orchards everyday and serve my kids kiwi fruit all the time! So for me kiwi, or kiwifruit as we call them here are second nature.
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Parts Of A Kiwi
I just wanted to start by naming some of the parts of a kiwi and identifying what is and isn't edible.
A kiwifruit is an egg shaped fruit with two distinct ends. The pedicel end of the kiwi is where the fruit is attached to the vine by a stem. The stigmas end is the remnants of the flower and can almost have a 'fluffy appearance.
I point out the two ends, because inside the fruit at the pedicel there is a hard almost 'toothpick' like stick, that I believe is always best to remove as it is not nice to bite into.
- Pedicel: Hard and is best removed.
- Stigmas: Edible
- Peel: The peel of the kiwifruit is once washed edible. Some people don't like the texture of the skin as it can be rough/fluffy. The green variety is more rough than the gold or red kiwis which have quite smooth skins.
- Core: Edible
- Seeds: Edible
- Flesh: Edible
Kiwi Lunch Box Classic
This is the classic way to serve kiwifruit. Cut and half, ready to be scooped out with a spoon. When I was little this was how I took kiwi to school in my lunchbox every day.
- Cut the kiwifruit in half cross ways.
- Place in the lunchbox with a teaspoon for scooping.
How to ZigZag Cut A Kiwi
The zigzag cut or star cut is one of the fancier ways to cut a kiwi. You will often see kiwi fruit cut this way on a fruit platter or in bento boxes on instagram. It is actually not hard to do and can take your kiwi fruit game to the next level.
- Hold a kiwifruit, push a small sharp pointed knife into the kiwifruit on an angle at about the half way point.
- Reverse the angle of your knife then push the point into the kiwifruit again so that you are making a shark tooth or triangle pattern around the kiwifruit.
- Repeat this all the way around the kiwi.
- Pull the kiwi apart and admire your zigzag cut handiwork.
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How to Cut Kiwi Wedges
Personally I think this is one of the easiest and best ways to cut then serve kiwi fruit.
- Remove the pedicel or stem end of the kiwi. This is the end that's the hard wooden stem in it.
- Cut the kiwifruit into quarters lengthwise, so that you end up with kiwi wedges.
You will now be able to eat it like you would an orange wedge. You will be able to bite into the kiwi wedge and eat the flesh just leaving the skin.
How to Peel Kiwi With Spoon
While you can obviously remove the skin of a kiwi fruit with a sharp knife. Another easy way to remove the skin is to use a dessert spoon.
- Top and Tail the kiwi.
- Take a dessert spoon, press the tip of the spoon into the flesh of the kiwi close to the peel. Run the spoon around the kiwi separating the flesh from the skin.
- Use your finger to push out the whole peeled kiwi.
- Admire your handiwork, a perfectly peeled kiwi with very little wastage.
How to Cut Kiwi
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Ingredients
- 1 kiwi These methods will work for gold, green or red kiwifruit
Instructions
Lunchbox Classic
- Cut the kiwifruit in half cross ways.
- Place in the lunchbox with a teaspoon for scooping.
ZigZag Cut
- Hold a kiwifruit, push a small sharp pointed knife into the kiwifruit on an angle at about the half way point.
- Reverse the angle of your knife then push the point into the kiwifruit again so that you are making a shark tooth or triangle pattern around the kiwifruit.
- Repeat this all the way around the kiwi.
- Pull the kiwi apart and admire your zigzag cut handiwork.
Kiwi Wedges
- Remove the pedicel or stem end of the kiwi. This is the end that has the hard wooden stem in it.
- Cut the kiwifruit into quarters lengthwise, so that you end up with kiwi wedges.
- You will now be able to eat it like you would an orange wedge. You will be able to bite into the kiwi wedge and eat the flesh just leaving the skin.
Peel With Spoon
- Top and Tail the kiwi.
- Take a dessert spoon, press the tip of the spoon into the flesh of the kiwi close to the peel. Run the spoon around the kiwi separating the flesh from the skin.
- Use your finger to push out the whole peeled kiwi.
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